Girl struck by train identified

Monday

Jan 23, 2017 at 5:23 PMJan 23, 2017 at 5:23 PM

Joe Goldeen Record Staff Writer @JoeGoldeen

STOCKTON — The teenager killed by a train Saturday afternoon in Stockton’s Boggs Tract neighborhood was identified Monday as Elisha Gatmaytan, 16, of Stockton, according to the San Joaquin County Coroner’s Office.

Stockton police spokesman Officer Joe Silva reported Monday that the girl was walking near West Scotts and Garfield avenues — east of South Fresno Avenue — a little before 3 p.m. She was with two other people and three dogs when the dogs got away and ran up to the BNSF Railway tracks.

Gatmaytan apparently ran after the dogs just as an Amtrak passenger train was passing through and was struck by the train. She died at the scene, according to police, who released no further details Monday as they continue to investigate. There is no evidence any of the dogs was struck, police said.

Kimberly Woods, an Amtrak spokeswoman said in an email that its San Joaquin 715 train traveling westbound from Stockton to the Bay Area struck the girl at 2:45 p.m. There were 76 passengers aboard, and neither they nor any crew members were reported injured. The train was held up temporarily for the initial investigation.

— Contact reporter Joe Goldeen at (209) 546-8278 or jgoldeen@recordnet.com. Follow him at recordnet.com/goldeenblog and on Twitter @JoeGoldeen.

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